Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-12-16
THE CONVENTION CALLED.
ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL RE
PUBLICAN COMMITTEE.

The following call for the next
National Republican convention
has been issued by the National
Republican Committee:
To the Republican Electors ofhe
United States.
In accordance with usage, and
obedient to the instructions of the
Republican National convention of
1884. a national convention OF the
delegated representatives of the
Republican party will be held at
the city Of Chicago, ILL.,, on Tues.
day, the 10Th day of June, 1888, at
II o'clock noon, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President TO be sup
ported at the next national cleo
lion, and for the transaction of
such other business as may be
presented.
Republican electors in the sever
al states and voters, without re-
gard to past political utilization,
difference, or action, who believe
in the American principle Of a
protective tariff for the defence
and development of home indus
tries and the elevation OF home
labor, who would reduce the ma
tiOnal taxes and prevent the &C
emulation Of the surplus in the
treasury in harmony with this
principle; who are opposed to the
attempt now more openly avOwed
than ever before to establish q
policy which would strike down
American labor to the level of the
underpaid and oppressed workers
of foreign lands; who favor a sys-
TEN of naval and coast defences
which will enable the United
States to conduct its international
negotiations with self respect 4;
who gratefully cherish the defend
ers of the country; who condemn
and resent the continued and un-
Just exclusion of rapidly growing
territories which have an indispu-
table title to admission into the
sisterhOOd Of states who are in
favor of free schools and popular
education, free and honest and a
fair count, the protection of every
citizen of the United States in
their legal rights at home and
abroad, a foreign policy that shall
extend our trade and commerce to
every land and cline and shall
properly support the dignity of
the nation and the promotion of
friendly and harmonious relations
and intercourse between all the
states, are cordially invited to
unite under this call IN the forma.
ton of national ticket.
Each state will be entitled to
four delegates at large and for
each representative at large two
delegates, and each congressional
district each territory, and the
District of Columbia 10 two dele
gates.
The delegates at large shall be
chosen by popular state cOnven.
tiOns called on not less then twenty
days Published notice, and not
less than thirty days before the
! meeting of the national convention.
The congressional district dele
gates shall be chosen i'm the same
manner as the nomination Of dele
gates from the District of COIum-
bla shall be chosen at a convention
constituted of members elected in
primary district assemblies held
under the call and direction OF the
Republican central committee of
said district. An alternate dele.
gate for each delegate in the ma
tiOnal convention to act in case of
the absence of the delegate, shall
be elected in the same manner and
at the same time as the delegates
elected.
All notices OF contests must be
/ filed with the National Committee
in writing, accompanied by printed
statements of the grounds of con.
tests, which shall be made public.
/ Preference in the order of hearing
and determining contests will be
given by the convention in accord
adce with the dates OF filing of
such notices and statements with
the National Committee.
b. f. JONES,
Chairman.
SAMUEL FEssENDER,
Secretary.
Apassengertrain on the st. Louis,
Arkansas and Texas X. X. WAS sion.